Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seller's market

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: sell-er's -mar-ket
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.

Example Sentences

"Pay any price you have to. We're in a seller's market right now."

Inflected Forms

seller's markets (plural) sellers' markets (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

buyer's market

Synonyms

sellers' market

Questions

What does seller's market mean?: An excess of demand over supply, leading to abnormally high prices; a market condition favoring the seller.

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